Sponsors

Title Sponsor

PSEG

Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) is New Jersey’s largest provider of electric and gas service – serving 2.2 million electric customers and 1.8 million gas customers or nearly three out of every four people in the state.

PSEG also owns and operates a diverse fleet of power plants with approximately 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions and has solar energy facilities throughout the United States. Another member of the PSEG family of companies, PSEG Long Island, operates the electric transmission and distribution system of the Long Island Power Authority, with 1.1 million customers.

PSEG has approximately 13,100 employees, who are carrying forward a proud tradition of dedicated service over more than 100 years.

Breakfast Sponsors

Maser Consulting P.A.

Maser Consulting P.A. is a privately owned, multi-discipline, engineering firm with a unique balance of public and private sector experience. Headquartered in Red Bank, Monmouth County, NJ, the firm was established in 1984 by Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Maser, PE, PP, CME.

Maser Consulting has 23 offices nationwide and employs over 700 professionals that include licensed engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape architects and environmental scientists. Our projects spread coast to coast with offices strategically located in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, New Mexico, Maryland, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Reinforced by over 30 years of experience, our dedicated specialists pride themselves in combining a diverse set of comprehensive services with advanced technology to facilitate customized strategies in order to meet our clients’ challenges.

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) is dedicated to increasing the availability of and accessibility to safe, decent and affordable housing to families in New Jersey. In some cases this may mean working with traditional affordable housing developments, serving New Jersey’s most needy families.

Hydration Station Sponsor

New Jersey American Water

We know just how important water is to daily life. It’s somehow involved in everything thing we do, everything we use. When you need it, you expect it to be there — and you expect it to be clean and safe. That’s what our skilled teams of experts care about most, and focus on every day.

Our customers are our number one priority, and we are proud to deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable water and wastewater services. In New Jersey we serve about 2.7 million people. To ensure your water is of the highest quality, we strictly follow regulations that are set by local authorities as well as federal standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

Water is an integral part of life, and we take great pride in taking care of it.

Lunch Sponsors

Maraziti Falcon LLP

Maraziti Falcon, LLP focuses its practice in the areas of redevelopment and environmental law; climate change resiliency; government; land use; construction law; and complex litigation, including appeals. The firm provides representation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies to achieve timely and innovative measures to adapt to climate changes and the rise of sea level; as well as air, water, wastewater permitting and compliance; enforcement defense; bidding requirements; construction and insurance claims; recovery of damages and cleanup costs. The firm represents clients in connection with matters running the gamut from selling or purchasing contaminated property, to tax appeals, to condemnation actions, to litigating public bidding issues.

No matter the issue, Maraziti Falcon, LLP stands ready to provide not only effective, experienced legal representation but, more importantly, the personal attention to which clients are entitled.

T & M Associates

Above all, T&M Associates is about our people. And their intellectual capital—diverse technical and business insight built from proven results for a broad spectrum of public and private clients over the past half century.

We are 350 associates with the acuity and technical proficiency to deliver effective, innovative and timely solutions to hurdle your immediate challenges and address the broader framework of your business goals. By providing you access to a world-class team of planners, engineers, environmental experts, energy professionals, construction managers, business advisors and a deep bench of other specialists, we will make the difference in your bottom-line.

WeedMaps

Weedmaps was founded in 2008 on the premise that consumers needed reliable data about marijuana, its effects and where to legally purchase lab tested products. Since then, Weedmaps has grown to provide a broad range of technology and advertising services. Weedmaps has over 400 employees and is headquartered in Irvine, California with offices in Denver, Phoenix, New York City, Boston, Toronto, Barcelona and Berlin. Our central business mission is to enable companies in the industry to meet the regulatory and competitive needs of a rapidly evolving market through advertising, software and data solutions. Because Weedmaps has a global footprint, works with participants at all layers of the supply chain, and does not engage in any business which touches the plant – we believe we have a uniquely broad and agnostic perspective of what marijuana regulations and laws have worked and have failed. We are committed to working with lawmakers, regulators, industry participants, non-governmental organizations and trade groups to organize comprehensive marijuana policy solutions that accommodate existing marijuana businesses, enable industry growth and address the public safety, health, tax and community reinvestment goals of legislators and regulators.

Excel Environmental Resources

Excel Environmental Resources, Inc. (Excel) is a privately owned and operated, full-service environmental consulting and engineering firm. Excel is centrally located in New Jersey at 111 North Center Drive, North Brunswick, Middlesex County. Excel has been solving environmental problems and creating redevelopment opportunities since our incorporation in 1994.

Reception Sponsors

Genova Burns

Founded over twenty five years ago, Genova Burns works with many of the premier companies and business interests spanning the region between Wall Street and Center City, Philadelphia. Our firm stands at the intersection of law, government and business.

Our commitment is to provide our clients with representation at the highest standard of excellence but in a mid-sized regional setting. Relationships and trust are the key ingredients to our success. Our continued growth is based upon our consistent emphasis on responsiveness to the needs of our clients and our community.

H2M architects + engineers

H2M is a multi-disciplined professional consulting and design firm. With a long history of client service, we consistently meet tough architectural, engineering, and environmental challenges head on. From treatment facilities to firehouses, from land surveying to road reconstruction, and from site assessment to remediation, our firm has helped design and build many communities.

McManimon Scotland & Baumann, LLC

McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC is a law firm focused on New Jersey – serving both government and private clients – with an extensive history in public finance law. Founded in 1971, the firm brings a unique ability to bridge the public sector with the private sector in order to realize groundbreaking projects.

Our team of attorneys represents the most skilled, experienced and creative teams of attorneys in the area of public sector law and public/private projects.

Our firm has regularly been ranked by Thompson Financial Group the number one bond counsel firm in New Jersey for total issues and total dollars issued.

Our firm represents hundreds of municipalities, school boards, counties, State agencies and authorities. We also count Fortune 500 companies, banks and developers as our clients.

We regularly shepherd large and complicated projects from conception to completion – and offer legal expertise in all relevant areas, including: redevelopment, special tax, environmental and litigation, among others.

We are known for being on the cutting edge of financing techniques, and have blazed the trail for new types of financing for redevelopment, brownfields and economic development projects throughout the State.

We often advise private sector clients on how to best navigate the public landscape in order to ensure the successful completion of their projects.

Wifi Sponsor

Inglesino, Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor LLC

IWWT provides a wealth of legal services including litigation, municipal law, real estate, land use and redevelopment, healthcare law, property tax appeals, and aviation. We strive to provide the best possible legal services, constantly working to know our clients and understand their business. Our primary objective is to solve problems and achieve positive results for our clients.

IWWT’s attorneys have distinguished themselves in their respective fields through:

Continuing Law Education (CLE) Sponsor

New Jersey Builders Association

The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) is the leading trade association for the shelter industry in New Jersey. Members include residential and commercial builders, developers, remodelers, subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, architects, consultants and other professionals. NJBA serves as a resource for its members through continuing education and advocacy. NJBA and its members strive for a more vibrant, greener, and affordable housing market in New Jersey.The three-tiered membership structure of the Association provides its member’s representation and opportunity at the local, state, and national levels.

Supporters

Clarke Caton Hintz

We believe that architecture, planning and landscape architecture are fundamentally interdependent — that each discipline is enhanced by our expertise in the other. Through our multi-faceted approach, we collaborate with our clients and partners to produce enduring architecture, livable places and sustainable environments. Within our studio, mutual appreciation for each member’s unique abilities fosters a culture of collaboration that is reflected in our collective success and accomplishments. Professional development of our team is supported through mentoring, continuing education, participation in professional organizations and community involvement.

Phoenix Advisors, LLC

Phoenix Advisors, LLC was founded in 2004 to fulfill the unmet needs of schools and government by providing expert assistance in issuing debt and financial and budget management. We work with local governments and school boards who will benefit from having a Wall Street level of experience and service on their side. Phoenix Advisors is a seasoned, bright and creative team of professionals who will effectively help you reach your goals.

Our professionals have backgrounds working with governmental entities of all sizes, we’re especially well-versed in areas of debt issuance. From fire districts to state government, small school districts to major cities, counties and authorities, we’re experts in providing custom solutions for unique needs.

Woodmont Properties

Woodmont Properties, based in Fairfield, NJ is one of the region’s leading developers of residential and commercial real estate. We’re led by a dynamic group of highly-skilled executives and an extraordinary staff of professional team members, all of whom are fully committed to the thorough and effective completion and management of our development and building projects.

Our highly-skilled team possesses an unparalleled combination of experience and expertise. Each team member is personally committed to delivering world-class multifamily, single-family, industrial, office, retail, hospitality and transit-oriented mixed-use properties in suburban communities and town centers. Our wide-ranging success is derived from a unique blend of innovation, integrity, superior locations, and high-quality design.

Dresdner Robin

Dresdner Robin is an award-winning leader in urban design and development, and a pioneer in Brownfield redevelopment. Our growth has mirrored our expansion into other areas, with site civil engineering, land surveying, environmental planning, and landscape architecture rounding out our repertoire. Still a privately held company with four office locations, Dresdner Robin continues to draw the best creative minds to our multi-functional team.

Friends

Perkins Eastman

Founded in 1981 in New York City, Perkins Eastman is a global architecture firm that has grown to include 1,000 employees working out of a combined 15 interdisciplinary offices around the world. From education to healthcare to mixed-use and transit-oritend developments, we design for a sustainable and resilient future, and to enhance the human experience through the built environment.

New Jersey Historic Trust

The New Jersey Historic Trust was created by law in 1967 to preserve New Jersey’s historic resources across the state.

The Mission of the Historic Trust

The Mission of the Trust is to advance historic preservation in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save our heritage and strengthen our communities.

The Historic Trust seeks to achieve its mission by serving as:

A leading voice for preservation at the state level

A catalyst for preservation and community revitalization activities

A full partner in state policy development

A technical and financial resource for the stewardship of historic properties

Hill Wallack

Founded in 1978, Hill Wallack LLP is a leading law firm with offices in Princeton and Cedar Knolls, New Jersey and Yardley, Pennsylvania. Our regional strength places us in an ideal position in today’s market. With over 70 lawyers, our mid-market size allows us to provide sophisticated, high-level service to clients in a cost-efficient, responsive manner.

Our attorneys are called upon to tackle some of the toughest legal and business challenges. The firm represents businesses, nonprofit and government entities, and individuals in litigation, transactional and regulatory issues. The firm also includes those skilled in family law, trusts & estates, tax liability and other areas of individual service.

CHPlanning

Established in 1998, CHPlanning provides innovative and cost-effective solutions in comprehensive planning, municipal planning, transportation planning, environmental planning, and community outreach programs for public and private clients throughout the United States.

Nishuane Group

At Nishuane Group, LLC, our services speak to who we are and what we do. Our goal is to make a difference on the ground level in the neighborhoods and communities in which we work. We look to promote the resurgence of our clients’ communities through stakeholder engagement, equitable planning strategies, hard work and our intrinsic passion for Planning.

Fox Rothschild LLP

Nimble. Entrepreneurial. Resourceful. Put another way: Chutzpah. Moxie. Grit. Qualities you want in your lawyers. We hear you. Listening. It’s how Fox Rothschild has grown to an 800-lawyer national law firm with 22 offices. Listening to our clients. Listening to our lawyers. And acting on what we hear.Giving clients the focus and service of a boutique – with the reach and resources of a national firm.

Giving our lawyers a national stage and equipping them with the platform to nurture innovation and drive client success.

L&G Planning

Whether a community is looking to grow its tax base, jobs, or revitalize and strengthen its neighborhoods, planning is key. L&G believes that effective planning and public policy begins with community input. When a community comes together, better plans are developed because issues can be discussed and education regrading market-based realities can be brought to the floor thereby making implementation possible. Not everyone will participate, but the opportunity to do so is an important part of transparency. L&G utilizes creative techniques to ensure the community is engaged. Healthy, effective communication and input from all factions of the community is a great way to build a constituency through planning and community development.

CWL Planning was founded in 2009 and is now doing business as L&G Planning with the announcement of a partnership between the firms Principals, Chuck Latini and Paul Gleitz. While we are a new Firm, we have over 35 years of experience. Our partners have gathered extensive breadth and depth of experience working in independent practice or at our former firms. We have combined our expertise to create a full-service top-quality planning Firm. In addition to serving our clients, members of our firm are involved in other professional endeavors that increase its expertise base thus its ability to serve a wide variety of clients on a wide variety of issues. As such, we also teach graduate level courses at Rutgers University, and Hunter College, conduct training sessions with professional organizations, participate in professional planning training seminars, graduate level course at Columbia University, in addition to research and publishing. All of these experiences grounds the firm in the reality of day-to-day municipal operations with a solid understanding of the effects statewide policies have on the ground.

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis is a recognized leader among New Jersey law firms, with deep roots in the state and a far-reaching knowledge of New Jersey legal issues. True to that identity, we understand the “ins and outs” and the inherent complexities of handling legal challenges in New Jersey, knowledge which translates directly into an advantage for our clients.

We are dedicated to providing pragmatic, resourceful and cost-effective representation, in combination with reliable and responsive client service. Our approach is collaborative and consistent — we get the job done, both here in New Jersey and in other jurisdictions. We’ve been doing just that for the past century.

The strengths of our practice are rooted in solid experience. We are known for our business savvy, and as proactive problem solvers, successful deal makers and prolific thought leaders. We handle our clients’ most challenging disputes and sophisticated transactions, and proudly serve as their longtime trusted advisers. Above all else, our goal is always to help clients overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities.

Our areas of expertise are diverse and comprehensive in scope. We take a practical, creative and highly personalized approach to the work at hand. Whether we’re retained to structure a transaction, serve as strategic counsel, or represent a client in a dispute or litigation, we strive to earn the loyalty and respect of our clients by delivering results that meet their specific goals and objectives.

Our long history has built the foundation that we stand upon today, and we honor the many accomplishments that define our first one hundred years. Moving forward as a 21st century enterprise, we resolutely embrace our changing world with the foresight and flexibility needed to meet the continually evolving needs of our clients.

Temple University, Tyler School of Art

The Tyler School of Art educates, motivates and inspires individuals who will enter society as artists, architects, art historians, designers and educators with the highest aspirations for achievement, producing innovative work that is publicly presented and critically considered. Founded upon the ideals of progressive education emphasizing exposure to a variety of experiences before selecting a major, attention to each student’s mastery of technique, and the shaping of a personal artistic vision within the framework of a research university, the objective of the Tyler School of Art is to create an engaging and critical environment that:

Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C.

Founded in 1977, Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C. is a full-service law firm in NJwhich holds Martindale-Hubbell™’s highest rating of AV-Preeminent® and has been ranked a Tier-1 Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report in its 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Best Law Firms® editions. Szaferman Lakind is proud to have been recognized by New York magazine as one of the New York Area’s Top Ranked Law Firms.

LRK

Constantly looking beyond a singular style or theory, LRK’s team of 100 architects and staff working in eight offices is one of the most respected full-service architectural, planning, environmental and interior design firms in the United States.

LRK listens to clients’ expectations, recognizes the market, understands the user and acknowledges a reverence for place. Projects are executed with passion. Architectural excellence is a given. An enhanced quality of life is the end result.

Hyland Levin LLP

Hyland Levin LLP is a multi-practice firm with attorneys who have decades of experience in the region. Our practice areas include business and transactions, real estate, environmental law, zoning and land use, franchise and licensing, food and beverage industry matters, general and commercial litigation, community associations, employment, business planning and tax, trusts and estates, leasing, eminent domain and real property taxation.

4ward Planning

4ward Planning was established to assist local governments and developers achieve sustainable development outcomes through responsible, future-based planning. Our approach, founded in socio-economic analysis, seeks the optimum development or redevelopment program for a community, based on best-case outcomes within the social, environmental, fiscal, and economic systems (the “4” in 4ward Planning). We use qualitative and quantitative methods to study population and industry trends, and present land-use findings in a graphic-friendly manner, permitting ease of interpretation and distribution.

Spatial Data Logic

SDL Municipal Management Software is a premier municipal management platform that helps local governments to automate departments, workflows and functions.

Features

Robust geographic information system (GIS)

Cloud-based, web-based and desktop applications

Engineered to meet stringent regulations of local governments

Interdepartmental suite of modules to track files and activity

Ease-of-use for officials, employees and citizens

Founded in 1997, SDL has been an innovative provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions. With beginnings in engineering studies of waste water user fees and analyzing utility infrastructure, SDL uncovered a void for a dynamic municipality management solution that could be easily updated and accessed by multiple user-types, including local government officials, employees and citizens. As a result, SDL’s Municipal Management Software was born.

Department of Geography Planning & Sustainability (Rowan University)

The Department of Geography Planning & Sustainability (GPS) is a dynamic department composed of our faculty, staff, and students. Our faculty are an energetic group who value both student learning and innovative scholarly and applied research.

The Department currently has about 200 majors spread among our degree programs in Geography, Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Geographic Information Science, and Community and Environmental Planning.

The Department of Geography Planning & Sustainability is located on the third floor of Robinson Hall.

Creigh Rahenkamp & Associates

Exhibitor Sponsors

North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

The NJTPA is the federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organization for 6.7 million people in the 13-county northern New Jersey region. Each year, the NJTPA oversees more than $2 billion in transportation improvement projects and provides a forum for interagency cooperation and public input. It also sponsors and conducts studies, assists county planning agencies and monitors compliance with national air quality goals.

Brinkerhoff Environmental Services

Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc. is a full service environmental consulting and engineering firm committed to providing exceptional technical services at a fair price. Our team of qualified professionals is prepared to work with you on projects requiring Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) services and involving hazardous materials, environmental assessments, permitting, indoor air quality, underground storage tank management, preservation of open space, field oversight and integrity monitoring. Our Clients include public entities (municipalities, counties, state and federal agencies), K-12 schools, colleges and universities and Fortune 500 companies. Brinkerhoff is a certified WOSB, WBE, SBE & DBE firm. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how Brinkerhoff can meet your environmental needs.

New Jersey Redevelopment Authority

The New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA) is a multi-million dollar independent financing authority created by the state of New Jersey via the New Jersey Redevelopment Act in July 1996 to transform urban communities through direct investment and technical support.

The New Jersey Redevelopment Act provided the state’s urban centers with opportunities to build effective public/private partnerships in order to leverage funds for entrepreneurial growth, job creation, and to enhance community empowerment.

The work that the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority does is particularly necessary because of the complex challenges that projects in urban communities face in securing financing and resources.

Because of the nature of these challenges, NJRA is often the first significant investor in these areas, and through the partnerships forged with key stakeholders their investment serves as a catalyst for private investment.

General Code

Helping Municipalities Turn Change into Opportunity

The world of the municipal official has changed over the past several years. Budgets are leaner, the pace of technology is faster and constituents are looking for more information in less time. At General Code, we understand the very real challenges that come with change—and how to turn those challenges into bold opportunities that can help our clients succeed.

For 55 years, General Code has demonstrated a genuine commitment to our clients by paying forward many of our core values such as integrity, personal responsibility and honest care and concern for every client need.

Our passion for excellence and an ongoing investment in our people and technology have helped us to revolutionize the codification industry. We take great pride in our collaborative approach to codification; a process driven by our team’s unique knowledge of the industry and built on home-grown innovation such as our eCode360® platform that has already transformed how municipal officials and citizens access and share Code information.

Promotional Sponsor (Elected Officials)

New Jersey State League of Municipalities

The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created to help communities do a better job of self-government through pooling information resources and brain power. It is authorized by State Statute and since, 1915, has been serving local officials throughout the Garden State. All 565 municipalities are members of the League. Over 560 mayors and 13,000 elected and appointed officials of member municipalities are entitled to all of the services and privileges of the League.

The League publishes a magazine titled New Jersey Municipalities which reports up-to-the-minute information on municipal administration and procedures by practical examples, news notes and new laws. It is one of the reading “musts” for municipal officials and is sent to more than 8,500 readers each month.

In addition to the magazine, other League services include: Bureau of Municipal Information; Ordinances and Codes; Research; Legislative Analysis; Legislative Bulletins; New Laws; Contracts, In-Service Training; Personal Consultation; Instructional Seminars; and Research Publications.

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